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Old 03-27-2015, 04:19 PM   #1
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Possible to have same Calibre library active on 2 devices?

As previously mentioned, I got really tired of being unable to investigate a new book to read on my Nook.

So I bought a Lenovo Yoga 10" tablet which I'm hoping won't be too large to use as a reader. My plan is to use Calibre's search functions on the Lenovo to find my next book to read. Probably that could involve a little data massage because data always needs tweaking.

My destop computer is the best place to do major data massages, metadata updates, etc. because the screens are nice and large and I can open up lots of columns.

Both computers are on the same home network, but there's nothing truly multi-user about Windows networking. I've heard of putting the Calibre database on Dropbox but wonder how secure that is. I'll be using the same database sequentially, not at the same time.

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Multi-user calibre? Not as this time.
Calibre database on dropbox. Not supported and don't cry when it breaks.
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@TdeV - How about running calibre-server on the desktop, and accessing the library on your lenovo via a browser - has search and rough equivalent of 'tag browser', and you can download books

With appropriate precautions you can access the server over the net - does mean to desktop has to be on all the time.

Assuming it's a windows lenovo you could maintain a copy of library on dropbox via a file synch process, and have the lenovo use calibre to access that library.

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And the content server has a 'Pick a random book', just like Calibre does.

AFAIK you can't use that quite the same. I have a VL 'Not Read': Random will honor that restriction on the Desktop. In the content server, random is from the Library being served ( You can serve just a VL)
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Old 03-27-2015, 11:40 PM   #5
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This soums promising. Will have to learn more!1

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@TdeV - How about running calibre-server on the desktop, and accessing the library on your lenovo via a browser - has search and rough equivalent of 'tag browser', and you can download books

With appropriate precautions you can access the server over the net - does mean to desktop has to be on all the time.

Assuming it's a windows lenovo you could maintain a copy of library on dropbox via a file synch process, and have the lenovo use calibre to access that library.

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Dont know enough about Calibre server, will need to find out more. Where?
Dont' understand about your remarks with to "file synch process" - you've more to tell me more about it yes?

More I should know yes?

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@TdeV - here's a good place to start - pretty sure it hasn't changed much ==>> How To Access Your eBook Collection Anywhere in the World

And here's the relevant command line ==>> calibre-server

If you go to the Preferences ->Sharing over the net and click the Start server button, and then the Test Server button - you should be able to see your library in your desktop browser.

Take note of the url (will be an ip address and a port number - eg 10.1.0.2:8080) and enter that into the lenovo browser - if the desktop and lenovo are on the same 'network' then the calibre server page should show. If it doesn't then you may need to tweak your network.

If you like what you see then someone can help with the next step - accessing the calibre-server over the 'net. The principles of that is covered in the How to Geek write up.

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This is my totally simplistic method to maintain a reading list. Calibre is needed on only 1 device; a home network and cloud storage are not required:

- I do all of my searching, tweaking, fine-tuning and decision-making using calibre and the nice large screen and mouse on my desktop.

- I pick 20 good reading candidates in calibre and flag them in a "Read" column with a red "X".

- I do all of my reading using Marvin on my iPad Mini. I use calibre with the iOS-Reader/Marvin-XD plugins to make sure the books are on my iPad Mini.

- After reading a book, I flag it in the "Read" column with a green "checkmark". When my list gets down to 5 books, I add new books to get the list back to 20.

Wash ... Rinse ... Repeat. This procedure makes sure I have an ample supply of "good reads" on my iPad.
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Dont know enough about Calibre server, will need to find out more. Where?
Dont' understand about your remarks with to "file synch process" - you've more to tell me more about it yes?

More I should know yes?

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calibre-server (simple web server with downloadable catalog of your books) is a good option if all you need to do is download books to the device. If you intend to edit metadata, you will of course need to run the calibre GUI...

It is perfectly safe to do so as long as you do not run two copies of calibre at the same time using the same library, and make sure to sync all changes before and after running calibre.
The simplest way is to simply put your books in Dropbox or similar (not Google Drive, it breaks things major time). Dropbox will sync your library, and all changes will propagate to each computer.
Make sure to sync beforehand, so your library is current.
Do not run Dropbox while calibre is running, or they will fight over the files.
Make sure to sync all changes after you close calibre.
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